Herd Improvement company LIC’s earning guidance has taken a hit as this season’s forecast milk price for farmers continues to plummet.

Just two weeks after slashing its forecast milk price mid-point by $1, Fonterra has shaved another 25c off.

Nine New Zealand finalists are vying for recognition as the ‘best of the best’ at the 2023 John Deere Technician of the Year Awards.

North Canterbury farmer Andrew Gilchrist has delved deep into the business and people side of his family-operated farm by completing an Integrated Farm Plan (IFP).

OPINION: Fonterra's recent announcement that the milk price will drop to $7/kg – on top of falling lamb and beef schedules – is devastating news for farmers.

OPINION: The country is in the midst of a frantic rush as politicians of all creeds, shapes and sizes emerge from the woodwork to ply the gullible public with a range of seemingly attractive but basically undeliverable promises.

Dairy

A Fonterra shareholder says he doubts that consumers around the globe are clamouring for products with a low carbon footprint.

Global dairy prices plunged overnight putting further pressure on a depressed farmgate milk price.

"Absolutely breathtaking" is how well known economist Cameron Bagrie describes the current rural inflation rate of around 15%.